Styrene

At a glance

Styrene is a synthetic fragrance ingredient used in perfumery as a raw material to add a sweet, floral, and slightly plastic-like note to fragrances It is valued by perfumers for this distinctive character and used as a building block within larger fragrance compositions.

Category
โš—๏ธ Synthetic
Origin
petrochemical production
Extraction
Chemical synthesis
CAS number
100-42-5
Profile
sweet, floral, plastic-like
IFRA status
Not restricted
โ— drafted ยท last checked 2026-09-01